Re: (ET) Used golf batteries and charging

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>]

On 6 Feb 2005 at 17:19, John G wrote:

> MANY locak salvage yards "rebuild"
> batteries, and sell them for $20.

There's a battery dealer in my area which does a brisk trade in 
reconditioned 
batteries.  Their customers are mostly owners of '70s-vintage land yachts, 
and 
used-car dealers.  I've never had much interest in reconditioned 
batteries, 
but I've bought some new batteries from them.  

One day as another customer left with a $20 reconditioned battery for his 
big 
old Buick, I asked the counterman: "So, what exactly do you DO to a 
battery 
when you recondition it?"

"We charge it,"  he said.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
1991 Solectria Force 144vac
1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
1974 Avco New Idea 36vdc
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